{"id":170608,"date":"2022-12-16T15:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T01:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=170608"},"modified":"2022-12-16T15:36:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T01:36:53","slug":"tokunaga-national-scholar-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/16\/tokunaga-national-scholar-athlete-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokunaga named national scholar athlete of the year; Lillie to third team"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Daelenn<\/p>\n

Days before walking across the stage at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo\u2019s 2022 fall commencement ceremony, soon-to-be graduate Daelenn Tokunaga was named the United Soccer Coaches Division II<\/abbr> Women’s Soccer National Scholar Athlete of the Year.<\/p>\n

The fifth-year senior also repeated as a United Soccer Coaches Division II<\/abbr> Scholar All-America First Team selection and was joined by Jodi Lillie, a Third-Team Scholar All-American.<\/p>\n

Tokunaga, who achieved a 3.83 GPA<\/abbr>, will graduate in fall 2022 with a bachelor\u2019s in administration of justice.<\/p>\n

Lillie held a 3.78 GPA<\/abbr> and graduated in spring 2022 with a bachelor\u2019s in business administration with a concentration in marketing.<\/p>\n

Tokunaga and Lillie helped the Vulcans to an unbeaten regular season on the way to capturing back-to-back Pacific West Conference Championships and securing a hosting bid for the NCAA<\/abbr> Division II<\/abbr> West Regional. The Vulcans finished at 13-1-3 with an exit in the West Region Second Round.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Tokunaga and Lillie at hiloathletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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